State v. Hammond
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Indictment against W. Q. Hammond for failure to remove a dam. From judgment of Sessions Court reversing judgment of magistrate dismissing prosecution, the State appeals. cite: On the question decided: 42 S. C., 230; 56 S. C., 516; 21 S. C., 420; 26 S. C., 348; 62 S. C., 28; 93 U. S., 23; 113 U. S., 27; 6 Ency., 2 ed., 967, 1020, 1021; 23 S. C., 56; 2 Black Con. Law, 294; 10 L. R. A., 178; 2 McC., 301; 53 S. C., 278; 109 Mass:, 319; 30 N. H., 279; Tiedeman Pol.
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Indictment against W. Q. Hammond for failure to remove a dam. From judgment of Sessions Court reversing judgment of magistrate dismissing prosecution, the State appeals. cite: On the question decided: 42 S. C., 230; 56 S. C., 516; 21 S. C., 420; 26 S. C., 348; 62 S. C., 28; 93 U. S., 23; 113 U. S., 27; 6 Ency., 2 ed., 967, 1020, 1021; 23 S. C., 56; 2 Black Con. Law, 294; 10 L. R. A., 178; 2 McC., 301; 53 S. C., 278; 109 Mass:, 319; 30 N. H., 279; Tiedeman Pol. Pow., 426, 427; 6 Cranch, 87; 64 N. H., 549. The latter cite: On the.question decided: 56 S. C., 521; 42 LR. A., 438; 88 111., 554;…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
The defendant was arrested under a warrant charging him with violating section 1275, R. S., 1893, as amended by act of 1900, 23 Stat., 448, by maintaining a rock dam on a-running stream in the county of Anderson, after forty-eight hours from notice to remove the same. A motion was made, before the magistrate, C. P. Kay, Escp, to dismiss the proceedings upon the ground that said act is unconstitutional, is in violation of art. III., sec. 34, of the Constitution, prohibiting local or special legislation. The magistrate dismissed the…
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